Assessment of Acute Pain in Farm Animals Using Behavioral and Physiological Measurements

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 266-272

  Molony, V ^a   Kent, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Castration; Discriminant Analysis; Docking; Hydrocortisone; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TAIL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TAIL;

EID: 0030638829     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.751266x     Document Type: Article

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